1995–96 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1995–96. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in Second League 1995–96 season for the 22nd time. MİY had finished promotion group in 8th place and later couldn't take place in neither among the promoted teams nor promotion play-offs. The team also participated in Turkish Cup in 1995–96 and eliminated at Round 3.
President was H. Okan Merzeci, mayor of the Mersin city. Most appeared player was. head coach was Levent Arıkdoğan in the start of the season. In the mid-season Candan Dumanlı took over the team. Türkay Başaran with 36 appearances, while Sedat Varak was the league and season top goalscorer with 18 goals.

1995–96 Second League participation

took place in Group 3 in Second League 1995–96 season. League was played in three stages. In the first stage 50 teams in five groups played for first two rankings to play in promotion group. The promotion group consisted of those 10 teams. At the end of the second stage top two teams promoted to First League 1996–97. Remaining 8 teams in each ranking group played in classification groups, by carrying points and goals from ranking groups. Bottom two teams relegated to Third League 1996–97 at the end of the season. In the third stage, 8 clubs played one-leg play-off games in Ankara to determine the third team to be promoted to First League.
Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in Group 3 consisted of 10 teams and finished first stage at first place. In promotion group, team finished 8th and couldn't promote; and couldn't play promotion play-off games either.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1995–96 Second League season league summary:
Sources: 1995–96 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Ranking group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in 1995–96 Second League Group 3 in season is shown in the following table.
Three points for a win. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tie-break; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored. In the score columns first scores belong to MİY.

: Qualified to 1995–96 Second League Promotion Group.
Source: 1995–96 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Ranking group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1995–96 Second League season first half game reports in Ranking Group 3 is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 1995–96 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Promotion group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in 1995–96 Second League Promotion Group season is shown in the following table.
Three points for a win. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tie-break; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored. In the score columns first scores belong to MİY.

': Champions; ': Promoted to 1996–97 Turkish First Football League; : Qualified to Promotion play-offs.
Source: 1995–96 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Promotion group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1995–96 Second League season second half game reports in Promotion Group is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 1995–96 Turkish Second Football League pages.

1995–96 Turkish Cup participation

was played by 88 teams in 6 rounds prior to quarterfinals in one-leg elimination system. had participated in 34th Turkish Cup from Round 2 and eliminated at Round 3. The opponents were from same ranking group in Second League with MİY. Galatasaray won the cup for the 11th time.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 1995–96 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResult
Round 2Second LeagueSecond LeagueAdanasporH2–0Promoted to R3
Round 3Second LeagueSecond LeagueMersinsporH2–3Eliminated

Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1995–96 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1995–96 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

Hüseyin Okan Merzeci, mayor of Mersin city was president of the club after 27 March 1994 1994 Turkish local elections. Mayors presided the club many times in its history and after 1987 mayors were also elected as club presidents in club congresses. At the end of season in 2004 this rule has changed following a law issued by central government to disallow local heads of administrative bodies from being presidents of sports clubs.

Coaching team

Former MİY player Levent Arıkdoğan managed the football team during the season. At the end of the season he continued for the next season.
1995–96 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Levent Arıkdoğan30.06.1995 – 28.02.1996271566Continued from the previous season.
Candan Dumanlı01.07.1994 – 31.05.199511317Started in the 8th round of second stage.

Note: Only official games were included.

1995–96 squad

Stats are counted for 1995–96 Second League Ranking Group 3 and Promotion Group matches and 1995–96 Turkish Cup matches. Teams declared 16 players in game rosters in each game. Three substitutions were possible. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included and listed in the order of appearance.
NameBirthBorn← Season Notes →
11Salih Sayar25 May 1957İstanbulGK14216 previous season.
22Ömer Leylak2 Jan 1963MersinDF221234 previous season.
33Ercan Kaplan1 Oct 1972MardinDF302131292 previous season.
44Fazlı Ulusoy18 Mar 1975İstanbulDF27312836 previous season.
55Abdurrahman Karaer5 May 1963AdıyamanDF151161 M.Polisgücü.
66Bülent Kapıcı29 Aug 1973İstanbulDF313116 previous season.
77Orhan Çimen2 Mar 1970İstanbulMF33 S.Linyitspor.
88Eren Matyar1 Jun 1967AdanaMF1311311 previous season.
99Mehmet Akalan10 Jul 1970DiyarbakırMF2522526 Kemerspor.
1010Özcan Mıhçı22 Jun 1968DüzceMF29129191 previous season.
1111Burhan Baygın28 Jun 1967SamandağFW17121192 previous season.
1212İbrahim Örenç20 Aug 1961OrduGK23231 M.Polisgücü.
1313Muzaffer Tozlu25 Jan 1961K.MaraşFW23312438 Hatayspor.
1414Gökhan Yaşar16 Apr 1972İstanbulMF3483488 Gençlerbirliği.
1515Türkay Başaran20 Sep 1966ÇanakkaleDF3513621 previous season.
1616Sedat Varak14 Aug 1965AdanaMF2718271861 D.bakırspor.
173Hakan Turgut4 Dec 1968MersinDF2812982 previous season.
1814Mesut Bilir29 May 1964MersinMF92111 previous season.
1916Saffet Çimen9 Aug 1964JarehiceMF1111 S.Linyitspor.
2016Sinan Tanış1 Jun 1976MersinMF252212734 previous season.
214Kadir Kureş13 Sep 1969AnkaraDF142211633 previous season.
2211Serkan Uçak23 Jul 1977MersinFW628 previous season.
234Mehmet Haber4 Apr 1970MersinDF325 Batman Bld.
246İbrahim Ünsal30 Jun 1973AnkaraMF1231First time professional.
2512Kadir Karataş4 Aug 1975MersinGK previous season.
2615Metin Çay15 Oct 1976MersinDF123 previous season.
2710Ekrem Onuk20 Apr 1974AlmanyaMF232331 Y.Sincanspor.
2810Serdar Tok2 Aug 1975İstanbulFW112Amateur player.
2913Özgür Yüksekdağ3 Jun 1971SamandağDF66 previous season.
3015Lütfi Koç22 Mar 1975MersinFW11First time professional.
3114Durmuş Çolak18 Aug 1965HatayMF1011011 A.Demirspor.

Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.